Amvane, Gabriel

Areas of Expertise
African Union, International Law, Peace and Security, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Refugees and Displacement, United Nations

Background
Gabriel Amvane is a legal officer at a Centre for asylum seekers in Strasbourg (France). He previously worked with the Permanent Mission of the Gabonese Republic to the United Nations from September 2010 to December 2011. At the time, Gabon was a non-permanent member of the Security Council. He then worked for Gabon to the Security Council. He also volunteered with CIMADE, a French association that helps asylums seekers during their legal and administrative procedures before the French authorities.
He holds a Master’s degree and a PhD in public international law from the University of Lorraine (France) where he specialized in the maintenance of international peace and security. His dissertation focused on “Peacekeeping in Africa by the UN and the African Union”. He often intervenes in conferences related to international peace and security, both in French and English.